Means for operating explosive-engines.



. 4C. G. DEAN, MEANS FOB. UPERATING EXPLGSIVE ENGINES.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 19, 1907.

IN VEN TOR @fa/md Y ATTOEY' Patented Jam. i9, 1909.

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l MEANS Fon' OPERATING EXPLOSIVEE'NGINES.

State of Indiana,'5liave' invented certain Inew.

l andviisefui'Improvementsin Means-for O13- er'tin'g Explosive-Engines; and I do de-`v clare the olhivc"ingftov be afiull,v clea 1-,- and exact' descriptionpfthe invention, vreference r being hadiftjthe. aeompa'nying 'draivvfiifig's,-

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. .thereof iin'der 'Yayin'g atmosphericl condit1o1 1s. -:J 'ff,\.ndftlre invention consists further inf` the'noiel' elonretsand combinations and ar-l rangements of'eleinents voi eatnres, as here. lnafter particularly described 'and pointed ication.l

:165 outin the claims forming parts of this speciy fSpcication of Letters-Patenti. Appncatiqnla'augusz19,1907. serialize. 389,284.

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patented Jan. 1e, i909.

Referring to t-he dra\v11gs,` Figure 1 is a sectional View ot' 'Tan explosive engine 'of .simple forni having the'improvedfeatures-v of construction substantially inY accordance with the invention 'and'v illustratin the nieans whereby theqnethods'are carried out; Fig. 2, a fragmentary sectionalfview-fof the engine cylinder.. having the improved" exlplosion-'c'he'est connected thereto and shown in central verticahse'ction', as .on the-plane of-l tl-ie' line "A" A in Fig. 3; Fig: a horizontal' sectional View of thev improved explosion 1' 1;Fig.z 4',a fra entary sectional-View' 70 f similar to fEim-llitwitlriseveralrlparts in-z l'. different" positions; and, Figi 5, a' -ra','gfm'env tary vertical 'sectional 'View approximatel'ycv on-theflineCGinFigL .l Simil i" reference *characters ainfthe ldif#VA ferent' vfigures of the'. 'drawings-i 'designate "911i" tli" "drawings t? designates#al engine) frame g: 11), the' cylindei`l of the'L eng laying the The-engineis provided with 'an air a cylmdenhhaifing aninlet port 1 and l suitably, niohntedixedly preferably 90 against'the'eiigine cylind ry'tlie 'punip4 having' a pistone inefable therein so'as to open'the., port Il ,on `its qnt-stroke; there being "eon'` necting c o"nnectedl` tofthej iston and' also "to an eccentric'y str-ap' I.; that' 1s mounted 9 on an eccentric Z which ,islsecnredtorthe 'shaft' e oil reservoir-m isarmngednean en! vine and mayfbe Oiany suitable construcbong i ONhOldifngoiLQrOm'Which the gaseous s*fluid j 13110133 producedzuwj The'improved explosion Achest:- fa. side ivall n, a bottom -n and a top'portion NXT,.- ,y

all east preferably integrally and .suitably attached securelyto the head 'bfzof ,the cylinder; there. being .a passageway Aobetweenlthetexa If plosion chest andO lhe lnder, and avertiealzif barrier p or deiiec'tor extending up from the bottom n adjacent to the passageway o to defleet the vapor charges and prevent the ow of oil from the bottom of the explosion chest into the passa eway, there being ample clear.-

ance above the arrier f or free communication between the interior of the main-portion of the' explosion chest and ,thecylinderr The interioryo'f the explosion chest hasxasuitable nun'iti'eiff of' projections adapted lto become hea; by repeated explosions to ahigh degfe chargesand help to cause ignition of the explosrva 'X'ture, each one of the projections preferblybeing in the form of a. thin vertig cal wiiiggq projecting from the side n towards. the -b' f' 1p' and two o positeliy disposed' andrr extending ii'onidi erent por` beside-between the projection g and Y i I Suitable provision is made for preventing' excessive heating of the internal projectionsfor wings above-mentioned, so'

-v thattli'ersults -of the explosions may be beingv @apte moditied=and for this purpose .the exterior of the explosion chest is provided Witha. suitberpf projections preferably `forme'd ings, or ribs s ora -extending outromjthe side n and similar projec hich extend from. the'side and also portion n, the?v rejections to-be cooled rapi ys by the atmospheric'ifair currents and-thereforeto, wall'of the'explosion. chesti foria specific purpose as' will fur:v ther appear :more clearly. A` suitable vapo- Arizei; is.connected in any suitable manner to theexplesion. chest and. referablycomprises :ablyii a vapbrize'r' valve 1b seated in the end thereof--i a iriai'irfiitidy.` art u an an air chest suit#- ectedtheret'o, the body part having the 6Xpl0sion Chest, 'the valve Sel-vif revent-the return of fluid or v,gases n ,.:frome .explosion chest after having entered itor been produced therein. The valve has'a stem extending through the body part u intothe air chest 'vand has `a vspring a: thereon for normally holding the valve fw to the seat which is provided for it, 'and the body: art u has -an air ducty extending from theoair chest lu to a vaporizin'g chamber z `in which air may be mixed'withI oil to be discharged as vapor past the valve 'w into the y explosion chest. The body part u is provided also with an oil duct l which communicates wjith an inletopening2'but is normally closed by means of a combined check and throttle valve 3 suitably seated andliavin its movements or amount'of lift governed y a screw iss stop 4 providedwith a handle 5 to be ad- 4 justed with reference to an indicator 6 that' isA mounted on the air chest 'v to close tli'e valve for stopping the engine and permit it to open for starting, there being an oil pipe 7 connected withjtheinlet opening 2 and also connected in a suitable iiianner tothe oil reservoir m. An air pipe 8 is connected with the closed end of the cylinder h a also to the air chest i, so that the out strokes "of the "as to aid in'gasifying the vapor i 12l through sli htly so as to operate 'wi 1 draw a charge of :Q3 and with the inward piston may create vacuiiin in the air chest fu to permitthe valve 3 to lift and admit oil froin'the reservoir, the valve 3 performing the functions of a pump valve' and ,preventing the return of oil to the reservoir.

.When the engine is exposed to extremely coldl atmosphere, as for instance, when not properly housed in'winter seasons when the external projections of the explosion chest may radiate or dissipate more heat than is desired, the explosion chest is provided with 'a cover comprising a side walll 9 and a top ortion 9 and suitably mounted onthe cyl' inder head 1) or otherwise supported 'as may l0 provided with a lid 11 that is con-.

side 9 ofthe cover is provid with a door be inserted in order to heat theside'nof the explosion tchestwhen it is desiredjto start.

'vided in the upper ortion of the-cover c ose to the hinge 1l',

an a rod 14 having a screw en d 15 isscrewed into the cylinderhead b and preferably provided with a nut lock 16,

-be desired., soas to inclose the explosion chest lwith some space beneath thewall 9 .to ad- "nlit air into the cover when required. The top:k portion of the cover has a suitable open .'ne

-nected to the neck' by av hin e 11. The

which a torch light or lamp maythe rod being composed of suitable highly expansible metal, such as brass. The upper end ofthe rod engages the lid 11 which will e closed when the rod is cold, and in oper- Aation the rod WillA expand and-force the lid that a How of air wi 1 be indue through the cover which is designed to exclude the excessively cold atmos heric air tions are exposed to accord approximately .fwithrevailing summer` temperatures; rr ough the engine is represented as be oil through the valve stroke of the-#piston z' air will be -forced1into-- the. airche'st lv and through the duct y to the chamberla-to inix openmore or less as may be redeterminegd so f'rom the projections s andv t, and t us modii. fyiiig the temperature to which theaprojecthe air pump which with the oil whichwill flow through the duct. 1 to the chamber 2,-.the movement of the oil being accelerated by air passing past the stem of the valve 3 to the duct'l; While the piston e is returning towards tl'ie head b and causing compression in the explosion 55 sulting instantly in the formation of perfect chest.,v the air pressure caused by the airf v'pump will force the-valvew open and vaporiz the charge of oil and air that may have become mixed vor .partiall y mixed in the chamber-e,disharg1ng the resultant hydrocarbon vapor inte` the explosion chamber to beigasified and ignited under`v compression by means of the heated internal projections pistone. The sizes of the oil charges maye chan ed or regulated by manipulating -or wings q, i rf, assisted by thel heat diie 'to compression, the explosion v"prodi'vicing the deslred 'force .for imparting motion to the higher degree with the `slightly increased number of explosions and therefore'the heat will beradiated or dissipated at a-higher rate, thus quickly reducing the temperature of the explosion chamber, and `therefore the internal projections, so as to prevent premature ignition, and so that a perfect combustion may not occur and therefore the speed of the engine will be slightly reduced.

The repeated explosions obviously will 1ncrease the tern erature of the internal projections, and t 's will' be re uired to maintain the average rate of spe with the load now increased, but if the load is .still decreasedthe governing of the speed will result as above-described. In some cases as hereinbefore indicated, the cover may not'be required on the explosion chest but when used will automatically regulate the pemperature about theexplsion chamber as a result of the varying temperatures expanding and contracting-` the rod 14.- to operate the lid 11 of the cover.

It will be observed that the'explosion chest has large capacity fas compared withv the cyIindeLarea, and when the air ump blows a spray of oil and airf into the exp osion chest While the piston e is beginning to compress the scavenging air ini the engine cylinder, the mixture spreads outagainst the heated walls and the wings of the explosion chest and becomes gaseous by reason of the heat, so that when the air is forced from the cylinder and compressed in the explosion chest, the air thoroughly mixes with the gaseous duid, re-

explosive mixture which ignites under compression by means of the hot Wings and walls of the explosion chest. Vhile it lis designedY that the walls and wings of the explosionchest shall become highly heated -so as to produce the explosions, 'excessive heat would ordinarily develop, and therefore the external projections or other suitable means are relied v on. to carry od surplus heat and thusmodify the results ofnlia'ting the internal wings, thereby preventing premature explosions.'

It will be' understood that it is 'customary d to provide -explbsive engines'with governors 'to regulate the supply of o1l.for'vary1ng loads, a gi-eatersupply of oil' being required when the load temporarily increases, and 1n such casesv the larger charges tend to raise.,V

the temperature of the explosion 4chamber excessively,y but such higher temperatures which would cause premature explosions are prevented by the external projections on the explosion chest.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In an explosive engine, an explosionchest having 'an inlet opening and an outlet opening in different planes and having also a defiecting barrier on the interior of the wall thereof extending from the side that has the outlet opening towards the opposite side and between the planes of the opening.

2. In .an explosive engine, an explosionchest having an outlet opening in the Wall thereof and havi also an inlet opening in a portibn of the wa outlet opening, a spraying device in the inlet opening to direct a spray into the explosion- -chest remote lfrom-the outlet opening, and a plurality of wings on the interior of the wall remote-from the outlet opening and within range of the spray.-

3. In an explosive-engine, an explosionchest havin an inlet opening and an outlet L opening in iferent planes, a barrier extendbetween the planes of the o enings,and prothereof remote from the i mg from the bottom of the explosion-chest jections on the interior o lthe wall of the explosion-chest at one side of the barrier near the inlet opening. 4. In an exp o sive engine, an explosionchest having an inlet opening in the upper portion and an outlet opening in the lower portion thereof in diierent planes, a plurality of wings on the interior of the wall of the explosion-chest at one side of the lane of the outlet opening, and a plurality o proj'ections on the exterior of the explosion-chest and extending laterally `from the sides and vertical-ly from he top thereof, portions of the wall having Wings onthe interior and a relatively greater number of projections on the exterior thereof.

5. In an explosive engine, the combination with a cylinder and piston, a piston-rod and shaft, and an air-pump operated by the shaft,A

of an explosion-chest having an outlet opening connected with the cylinder and having also an inlet opening arranged 1n the wal thereof remote from and not opposite the outlet opening; a vaporizer body connected to the exploson-chest at the inlet opening thereof, a vaporizing valve seated in the vaporizer i i bediend nornially Vclosed, a slp ring holding the valve in normal position, an air-conduit ,-between'the air-pump and the valve, an oilcondut extending to the valve, a.. lurali of 5 Wings on the interior of the exp o'sion c est .in proxlmtyf to 'tlie vaporizing plurality of projee'cionsgon the exteronof the valve, and, a

explosior'x-chest4 and extending from the sides thereof and vertically 4rom'the top thereof,

10'l portions of. the wall of tli'e .explosionjehest heving wings on the interior and a reliitively greater number of projections on the exterior thereof. e

In testimony whereof, I elx Inj signatuie 

